Ralstonia solanacearum

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Ralstonia solanacearum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Beta Proteobacteria Order: Burkholderiales Family: Ralstoniaceae Genus: Ralstonia
Binomial name
Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996
Type strain
ATCC 11696 CCUG 14272 CFBP 2047 DSM 9544 ICMP 5712 JCM 10489 LMG 2299 NCAIM B.01459 NCPPB 325 NRRL B-3212
Synonyms
Burkholderia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1993 Bacillus solanacearum Smith 1896 Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914 Pseudomonas batatae Cheng and Faan 1962 Pseudomonas ricini (Archibald) Robbs 1954

Ralstonia solanacearum is a Gram-negative, plant pathogenic, soil bacterium. It colonises the xylem, causing a bacterial wilt in a very wide range of potential host plants. It is known as Granville wilt when it occurs in tobacco.

The genome of R. solanacearum Strain GMI1000 has been sequenced^[1].

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1. ^ Ralstonia solanacearum